Ranking the Executive MBA Programs

These days, tuition for executive MBA programs run $40,000 (Univ of Florida) to more than $136,000 (Univ of Pennsylvania’s program at Wharton). But do the most expensive programs offer the best return on investment? Emphatically not! This week, the Wall Street Journal published it’s first rating of the five-year ROI of more than two dozen executive MBA programs. Some big surprises: most of the schools that topped the list weren’t big brand names. In fact, the ROI for the executive MBA programs at Wharton, Cornell, Columbia, and NYU all ranked at the bottom of the list! Even Northwestern’s Kellog School of Management ranked only 12 out of 27. At the top of the list were Texas A&M, University of Florida, and Ohio State. Applications for most executive MBA programs are due early next year. Check out the Journal article (www.WSJ.com/MBA). Caveat emptor.